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Calculating Your Baseline Rent <br />Your baseline rent is one of the numbers we use to calculate your <br />eligibility for Rental Assistance Payment. <br />It is equal to your current rent (plus utilities), or 30% of your before - <br />tax income, whichever is less. Your current rent will be determined <br />by averaging the three -month period prior to the initiation of <br />negotiations by the City to purchase the property you occupy. Your <br />before -tax income will be based on the annual gross income of the <br />household (whether it be an individual or family) that is being <br />relocated (less certain allowed credits for elderly or disabled <br />members of your household) divided by twelve to ascertain the <br />average monthly income. <br />Let's look at two examples (in each case, the baseline rent has been <br />highlighted): <br />Before -tax Current Rent <br />Monthly Income x 30% plus Utilities <br />Family #1 $1,600 $480 $600 <br />Family #2 $1,600 $480 $450 <br />Family #1 has a baseline rent of $480 because 30% of their before - <br />tax income, $480, is less than their current rent, $600. <br />Family #2 has a baseline rent of $450 because their current rent, <br />$450 is less than 30% of their income, $480. <br />16 <br />5513-108 <br />